Giving Trump A Chance, If Possible

WHEN TRUMP WAS ELECTED, I knew the importance of supporting the new president, and giving him a fair chance. A week and a half into his presidency, I still feel the same way. Unfortunately, the Trump presidency has been a complete travesty and disaster, and during his first week in office the U.S. had more protests against more Trump policies than the entire decade of the nineteen sixties, or so it seems. Any discerning citizen is surely shocked and disappointed at the steady stream of lies emanating from the White House, from both Trump and his press secretary. The relative size of the crowd at the inauguration, voter fraud, the reasons for his infamous ban on refugees; we are being drowned in a sea of alternative facts. Alternative facts may emerge as the signature style of the Trump administration, just as fake news is the foundation of ultra right wing politicians and media. Its hard to imagine anyone approving of Trump's behavior, and that many do is beyond alarming. I heard an interview on national Public Radio in which some benighted American expressed the attitude that anyone who wants to enter this country and stay here needs to leave the head rag and the Quran behind, because, by God, this country is a Christian country, one nation under Jesus, and anyone who doesn't believe that just aint welcome here. Oh really? What do you want to bet that this person voted for Trump? See, the "Treaty of Tripoli", 1797, and notice what it says about Christianity as the national religion, bearing in mind that, according to the United States constitution, all treaties entered into by the United States have the force of law. Better yet, read the first amendment. Of course, one can hardly expect anyone who voted for Donald Trump do do any such thing.